This patch set from Maor aligns libibverbs flow steering functionality
with the lastly accepted code in kernel 4.9.
As of that, a user space application can enjoy and activate the new
functionality.
It includes,
- Introducing IPV4 extended spec with some new fields as of protocol/tos/ttl.
- Introducing IPV6 extended flow spec.
- Introducing sniffer flow steering rule type.
The series was tested successfully with both CX3 and CX4.
Specifically,
Patch #1: Pre-patch for the series, fixes ibv_create_flow API to be aligned
with its man page upon an error case.
Patch #2: Enables extended fields for IPV4 flow specification.
Patch #3: Introduces an IPv6 extended flow specification.
Patch #4: Introduces sniffer flow steering rule type.
patch #5 Man page update to describe the new functionality.
Pull request was sent:
https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core/pull/34
Yishai
Maor Gottlieb (5):
ibverbs: Align ibv_create_flow with man page
ibverbs: Introduce IBV_FLOW_SPEC_IPV4_EXT flow specification
ibverbs: Introduce IPv6 flow specification
ibverbs: Introduce sniffer flow steering rule type
ibverbs: Update ibv_create_flow man page
libibverbs/cmd.c | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
libibverbs/kern-abi.h | 38 ++++++++++++++++-
libibverbs/man/ibv_create_flow.3 | 41 +++++++++++++++++-
libibverbs/verbs.h | 42 ++++++++++++++++++-
4 files changed, 204 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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1.8.3.1
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